- Hardcover: 246 pages
- Publisher: Sceptre; 1st Edition edition (19 April 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0340750065
- ISBN-13: 978-0340750063
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.2 x 2.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,202,373 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'I was hooked - a rare treat: intelligent, funny and written by one of the few guys around who can do everyday dialogue convincingly' Sunday Express 2 'A great dollop of vicarious tourism to savour without risking anything worse than the odd callus from compulsive page-turning' Time Out 3 'Fresh, insightful with truly interesting characters and some of the best dialogue this side of Elmore Leonard' Maxim"
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A fine literary novel with an ambition to be greater than a gangster-police thriller. Barlay has achieved his goal.
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There's an incidental story in here of a thief incriminated by the ear-print he leaves on glass - listening is his trick (and his downfall). The protagonist J enters any place and listens for its workings, sniffs at its meanings. I learned to do the same, my senses sharpened by suspense and countless little shocks of wit and observation. These painful/beautiful/funny/dark poetic sparks are addictive. I relished this novel from start to finish, and didn't want it to finish.
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